Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 3/16/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3166

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3166 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 9-117 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/9-117)  (from Ch. 110, par. 9-117)
7    Sec. 9-117. Expiration of Judgment.
8    (a) No judgment for possession obtained in an action
9brought under this Article may be enforced more than 120 days
10after judgment is entered, unless upon motion by the plaintiff
11the court grants an extension of the period of enforcement of
12the judgment.
13    (b) In all cases other than those brought by a mortgagee,
14receiver appointed under Section 15-1704 of this Code, holder
15of the certificate of sale, holder of the deed issued pursuant
16to that certificate or, if no certificate or deed was issued,

 

 

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1the purchaser at a judicial sale under Section 15-1507 of this
2Code who assumes control of the residential real estate in
3foreclosure, as defined in Section 15-1225 of this Code, or the
4owner of property obtained through a foreclosure action, the
5plaintiff's Plaintiff's notice of motion shall contain the
6following notice directed to the defendant:
7        "Your landlord, (insert name), obtained an eviction
8    judgment against you on (insert date), but the sheriff did
9    not evict you within the 120 days that the landlord has to
10    evict after a judgment in court. On the date stated in this
11    notice, your landlord will be asking the court to allow the
12    sheriff to evict you based on that judgment. You must
13    attend the court hearing if you want the court to stop the
14    landlord from having you evicted. To prevent the eviction,
15    you must be able to prove that (1) the landlord and you
16    made an agreement after the judgment (for instance, to pay
17    up back rent or to comply with the lease) and you have
18    lived up to the agreement; or (2) the reason the landlord
19    brought the original eviction case has been resolved or
20    forgiven, and the eviction the landlord now wants the court
21    to grant is based on a new or different reason; or (3) that
22    you have another legal or equitable reason why the court
23    should not grant the landlord's request for your eviction."
24    The court shall grant the motion for the extension of the
25judgment of possession unless the defendant establishes that
26the tenancy has been reinstated, that the breach upon which the

 

 

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1judgment was issued has been cured or waived, that the
2plaintiff and defendant entered into a post-judgment agreement
3whose terms the defendant has performed, or that other legal or
4equitable grounds exist that bar enforcement of the judgment.
5    (c) In cases brought by a mortgagee, receiver appointed
6under Section 15-1704 of this Code, holder of the certificate
7of sale, holder of the deed issued pursuant to that certificate
8or, if no certificate or deed was issued, the purchaser at a
9judicial sale under Section 15-1507 of this Code who assumes
10control of the residential real estate in foreclosure, as
11defined in Section 15-1225 of this Code, or the owner of a
12property obtained through a foreclosure proceeding, the
13plaintiff's notice of motion shall contain the following notice
14directed to the defendant:
15        "The owner of the property, (insert name), obtained an
16    eviction judgment against you on (insert date), but the
17    sheriff did not evict you within the 120 days that the
18    owner has to evict after a judgment in court. On the date
19    stated in this notice, the owner will be asking the court
20    to allow the sheriff to evict you based on that judgment.
21    You must attend the court hearing if you want the court to
22    stop the owner from having you evicted."
23    The court shall grant the motion for extension of the
24judgment of possession unless the defendant establishes that
25the plaintiff and defendant have entered into a post-judgment
26agreement whose terms the defendant has performed, or that

 

 

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1other legal or equitable grounds exist that bar enforcement of
2the judgment.
3    (d) This Section does not apply to any action based upon a
4breach of a contract entered into on or after July 1, 1962, for
5the purchase of premises in which the court has entered a stay
6under Section 9-110; nor shall this Section apply to any action
7to which the provisions of Section 9-111 apply; nor shall this
8Section affect the rights of Boards of Managers under Section
99-104.2.
10(Source: P.A. 96-60, eff. 7-23-09.)".